The Little Lucky Girl

The smiles on their faces became much more sincere. "As expected of the county magistrate and his wife, they always care about us people. It is a blessing for Yuqing County to have such a parent official."

Now that they know that Lord Tao wants to do business with foreign merchants, they will help promote it when they return.

This area is not originally within the business scope of these companies. If it is not considered as an obstacle to anyone, then it can only be regarded as stealing the business of Pingyang City, and they are happy to see it happen.

Mrs. Tao was socializing with people in the store, while County Magistrate Tao was chatting with people outside the store.

When he saw the confidant he sent out come back, he knew that the person he had been waiting for had arrived, so he left the task of entertaining the guest to the shopkeeper, and he grabbed Ming Youyou, who was running around to grab candies.

He pointed at a few people walking towards him from a distance and asked, "Do you see anyone you know among them?"

Ming Youyou looked up, her eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, the one walking in front is Manager Feng of the Longxi Caravan, we have a very good relationship."

Every time her father went to the restaurant to meet Manager Feng, he would take her with him to see the world. They were responsible for the conversation, while she was responsible for the food.

As they were talking, Manager Feng had already arrived. He first clasped his fists towards Magistrate Tao and said, "Feng Liang from the Longxi Caravan greets Lord Tao and congratulates you on your grand opening and prosperous business."

He asked his followers to present the gifts, and he stepped forward and said, "The leaders of the caravan this time are the heads of the Guanzhong Li family and the Longyou Zhao family. The two heads of the family would like to pay a visit to you, sir. I dare not disturb you presumptuously. May I ask when is convenient for you, sir?"

Magistrate Tao started a conversation with him. Feng Liang had traveled a lot and was used to dealing with people, and Magistrate Tao also wanted to win him over, so the two of them talked very happily.

It happened that the master came to look for Magistrate Tao, so Feng Liang stepped aside and waited. Suddenly, he felt someone tugging at his clothes, and when he looked down, he saw Ming Youyou smiling at him.

He also responded with a smile: "I went to your rouge shop to look for your father, but the people in the shop said that your parents had gone to the capital."

Ming Youyou nodded, "My father arranged everything before going to Beijing. The amount of goods I'll give you is still the usual amount. You can just go to the store and pick it up."

After she finished speaking, she puffed out her chest and said, "Just tell me about the rest. I can make the decision."

Manager Feng laughed and took out a small sachet from his bosom and said, "This is a popular style in our area recently. The young ladies like it very much. It's not worth much, so I'll give it to you to play with."

Ming Youyou thanked him happily, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the sachet in her hand.

After Manager Feng and Magistrate Tao discussed the meeting, they left with their men.

Ming Youyou looked around and saw that there were quite a lot of people coming and going, so he winked at Lord Tao, pulled him aside and said excitedly: "My Lord, I know what goods the caravan should take back."

Before the Longxi caravan entered the grassland, they would purchase a batch of goods from them; when they returned, they would also take away a batch of goods from Dayu and sell them to the surrounding small countries.

Ming Youyou showed him the sachet in her hand. "This is the fabric they want. You can prepare it accordingly. They also want to buy—"

"Wait a minute," Magistrate Tao suddenly interrupted her, "Let me guess."

He saw the interaction between the two people, one big and one small, just now.

"They also want to buy jade, gold and accessories, such as swords?" Magistrate Tao laughed.

Ming Youyou opened his mouth wide, "Sir, you are amazing, how did you know that?"

Magistrate Tao stroked his beard and said, "He turned the jade ring on his hand towards you, and then touched the golden crown on his head."

And the sword on his body...

When County Magistrate Tao saw Manager Feng for the first time, he felt that something seemed wrong. Now he finally understood.

A manager is not a ranger, so why would he carry a sword for no reason? He originally thought that he was carrying a sword because he was going into the grassland, and maybe he used it for self-defense. Now he realized that it was to remind someone.

"Sir, you are such a careful observer. No wonder you are able to solve cases like a god." Ming Youyou said admiringly.

Magistrate Tao smiled and thought to himself that he should thank you for this.

It was probably because Manager Feng thought she was young and was afraid that she couldn't see clearly, so he deliberately moved slowly, which allowed him to notice the clue.

If it was a conversation between two adults, it wouldn't be so obvious. They were all small, unintentional movements, and no one would think too much about them.

"Is this the solution your father and Manager Feng discussed?" asked Magistrate Tao.

Ming Youyou nodded and said very honestly, "Uncle Feng thinks my father is trustworthy, so he is willing to provide this convenience. It doesn't matter who you buy the goods from, and the quality we provide is good and cheap, so why not do it?"

Thinking that the goods were supplied by Lord Tao this time, she hesitated for a moment and then reminded, "You must choose the goods carefully. If there are any defects, it will be difficult to explain to Uncle Feng and the caravan."

Magistrate Tao rolled his eyes at her and said, "You merchants can all be honest with each other, how can I, an official appointed by the imperial court, deceive the people by selling inferior goods as good ones?"

"That's not necessarily true. It's you officials who are cheating people." Ming Youyou muttered softly.

"By the way, sir, don't forget to buy some gifts for Uncle Feng when the time comes, hehehe."

"Okay, you don't need to teach me this," Magistrate Tao patted her head and said, "No wonder you haven't grown in half a year. It turns out you've been worrying too much. Don't worry about it. Go play with Zheng Huan and the others."

Ming Youyou rubbed her head, and was very angry at Magistrate Tao's behavior of throwing away the chicken after crossing the river. She decided to eat one more chicken leg, no, two big chicken legs, to make him a little poorer.

After talking to her, Magistrate Tao returned to the county government office. He came here today just to meet the people from the Longxi caravan. Now that he had met them and his goal had been achieved, he was too lazy to deal with anyone else.

He sat alone in the study for a long time, reading the information about the Longxi caravan over and over again.

After reading it, I couldn't help but sigh that what Ming Youyou's father Ming Dalang said was very right. The former county magistrate was indeed a little timid.

Yuqing County has such a great geographical advantage, but it is still satisfied with just making a little money. Its vision is really too narrow.

But this cannot be blamed on him. After all, there are too many relationships involved. If a small county magistrate like him with no background cannot strike a balance well, it will be really difficult to deal with.

Now that it is his turn to be the county magistrate, Lord Tao can't help but ask himself, what purpose does he want to achieve through this trade route?

If he only wanted to develop Yuqing County from a lower county to a medium-sized county, or even an upper county, his personal ability would be enough.

By then, this political achievement will be enough for him to return to the capital, because Lord Li, the prefect of Jingzhao, has been waiting for him to take over.